From “Coupling”
Sally:
[trying to explain to Patrick what platonic friendship with a woman is]
What do you call people you go out with but don’t try to sleep with?
Patrick:
Men.
I’m starting to see his logic now. You might find it sexist, a typical male attitude… but, no, there’s great wisdom in there somehow. Uncanny, I must say… that or I’m just cynical today.
Mmmm… I would call them exactly the same. Or “girls” if I was referring to girlfriends. I wonder what does that make of me – since an assumed cynical I am already